[he smiles at that, he figured tuuri would definitely have read his profile. Because he absolutely would have to. Is it too soon to think that they're similar? Probably, and yet]

It's similar.

"The Bookman are a clan dedicated to recording history in its truest form. For that purpose, the Bookman is sent to observe the parts hidden from the rest of the world." We preserve history from books too, though we also have to see it with our own eyes.